What is the difference in teachers in primary education, male between IDA total and Pakistan?

3.18 million number, with IDA total ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for IDA total and Pakistan?

40 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2019.

Where does this data come from?

UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Teachers in primary education, male (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

IDA total vs Pakistan: Teachers in primary education, male

IDA total

3.41 million number

in 2019

Pakistan

228,603 number

in 2019

IDA total rank

8th

Pakistan rank

7th

Teachers in primary education, male over time

IDA total
Pakistan

How they compare

IDA total currently reports 3.41 million number against 228,603 number in Pakistan, a difference of 3.18 million number.

That makes IDA total's figure about 14.9 times Pakistan's.

Across all 40 years both countries report, IDA total has been ahead every year.

IDA total ranks 8th and Pakistan ranks 7th of 43 groups.

IDA total has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	IDA total	Pakistan	Difference	Ahead
1970s	979,078 number	82,800 number	896,278 number	IDA total
1980s	1.39 million number	118,608 number	1.27 million number	IDA total
1990s	1.49 million number	140,503 number	1.35 million number	IDA total
2000s	2.24 million number	237,358 number	2.01 million number	IDA total
2010s	3.05 million number	225,741 number	2.83 million number	IDA total

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher teachers in primary education, male, IDA total or Pakistan?: IDA total, at 3.41 million number against 228,603 number in Pakistan as of 2019.
What is the difference in teachers in primary education, male between IDA total and Pakistan?: 3.18 million number, with IDA total ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for IDA total and Pakistan?: 40 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2019.
How do IDA total and Pakistan rank globally for teachers in primary education, male?: IDA total ranks 8th and Pakistan ranks 7th of 43 groups.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Teachers in primary education, male (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Teachers in primary education, male (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 241 places, 7,382 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed: 21 August 2026

Total number of male teachers in public and private primary education institutions. Teachers are persons employed full time or part time in an official capacity to guide and direct the learning experience of pupils and students, irrespective of their qualifications or the delivery mechanism, i.e. face-to-face and/or at a distance. This definition excludes educational personnel who have no active teaching duties (e.g. headmasters, headmistresses or principals who do not teach) and persons who work occasionally or in a voluntary capacity in educational institutions. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/